[ntp:questions] Single GPS/PPS time source gets marked as a falseticker

unruh unruh at wormhole.physics.ubc.ca
Tue Jul 12 21:24:26 UTC 2011


On 2011-07-12, Michael Eder <meder at whoi.edu> wrote:
> We are using a Garmin GPS 16x.  I should clarify these are platforms in the

18x I presume.

> middle of the ocean so the sole time source is the GPS and PPS.

Are they really waterproof enough to leave them out in the salty ocean?

> We have measured the time delta between the GPS and the PPS and the GPS
> while delayed to process the NMEA string has a relatively low jitter and is
> quite reliable.

What is "relatively low" for you? 10 ms? 1usec?


>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:questions-bounces+meder=whoi.edu at lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of Rob
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: Single GPS/PPS time source gets marked as a
> falseticker
>
> Michael Eder <meder at whoi.edu> wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> For our buoy deployments we have GPS and a highly accurate oscillator 
>> conditioned by the GPS PPS.  Unfortunately when we let this run for 
>> longer periods we see both the GPS and PPS being marked as false 
>> tickers.  There is a lot of information on the web about this, but I 
>> have not found a definitive solution.  What is the best way to configure
> NTP when you only
>> have a GPS NMEA string and pulse per second?   In our situation it is
>> feasible that the NMEA may not be always be available while the PPS 
>> is, we are seeing a problem when both the NMEA and pulse seem to be 
>> working properly.
>
> Are you using gpsd?
> If so, please use the binary protocol for the GPS receiver in use instead of
> NMEA.  NMEA often has problems with the timestamps.
> (in fact, NMEA says the timestamps are time-of-fix which does not have to be
> the current time but can be some time in the near past)
>
> I see you already have been tweaking the NMEA time to compensate for
> problems.  This does not work well with gpsd.  When you have a systematic
> time offset for NMEA you should try to solve it either by stopping the use
> of NMEA or by fixing the problem in the receiver with a firmware update.
>
> E.g. there is a recent Garmin receiver that has unusable NMEA time.
>
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